A Man Called Gannon
Cast & Crew
James Goldstone
Tony Franciosa
Michael Sarrazin
Judi West
Susan Oliver
John Anderson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Gannon, a saddle tramp, hops aboard a freight train leaving Kansas City, and when the train stops, he rescues Jess Washburn, a young runaway tied to the tracks by an angry lineman. Gannon allows Jess to accompany him to the small town of Union Wells, where Jess becomes a willing student in the ways of the West. After Gannon has renewed his relationship with Matty, one of the local prostitutes, he and Jess sign on as hired hands for Beth, a young ranch widow. Anxious to move to the city, Beth intends to make herself wealthy in one season by bringing in 1,500 cattle and selling them before winter. The neighboring ranchers, however, are determined to stop her before the cattle destroy the grazing pastures they need for their winter cows. As the ranchers threaten to close off the grazing fields with barbwire fences, Beth pleads with Gannon to help fight the opposition. When he refuses to take her side, she seduces young Jess into helping her. Gannon tries to ward off the bloodshed by delaying the arrival of a trainload of barbwire; when this fails, he sides with the ranchers against Jess by helping put up their fences. During the showdown, Jess begs his former idol to stay out of the fighting and shoots Gannon in the arm when he refuses. Enraged, Gannon throws a rope around Jess, humiliates him by dragging him through the dirt, and then lectures him on the senselessness of gunfighting. Embarrassed and tearful, Jess watches Gannon ride away.
Director
James Goldstone
Cast
Tony Franciosa
Michael Sarrazin
Judi West
Susan Oliver
John Anderson
David Sheiner
James Westerfield
Gavin Macleod
Eddie Firestone
Ed Peck
Harry Davis
Robert Sorrells
Terry Wilson
Eddra Gale
Harry Basch
James Callahan
Cliff Potter
Jason Evers
Jack Perkins
Crew
Betty Abbott
D. D. Beauchamp
Cliff Bell Jr.
Earl J. Bellamy
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Jack Bolger
Frank Brendel
Tom Bronson
William Brown
Henry Bumstead
Borden Chase
Howard Christie
Helen Colvig
Skip Cosper
John Daheim
Jack Danskin
Allen Davey
Larry Germain
Alexander Golitzen
William Griffith
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
Joanne Haas
Clara Holgate
Gene Kearney
Rollie Lane
William Margulies
John Mccarthy Jr.
George Milo
Gene Palmer
Ted Parvin
Vincent Romaine
William Russell
Richard M. Sprague
Universal Title
Waldon O. Watson
James Welch
Bud Westmore
Louis Williman
Stanley Wilson
Eugene Woods
Walter Woodworth
Wallace Worsley
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Sonora, California. The film is a remake of Man Without a Star (Universal, 1955). Beauchamp and Chase are the original screenplay writers; Kearney wrote the revision.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 1969
Techniscope
Released in United States Spring May 1969
